What the hell is going on with shops?

What did the estimate specifically have on the estimate for parts and labor?

A smart shop is still going to diagnose the problem for themselves and not go by the customers diagnostic. Going by customer diagnostic burns shops. So that 1 hour diagnose with hookup to $1K+ diagnositic computer. ??About $85/hr in Arizona for labor rate??

So what is the book labor rate for this job? I doubt it's an hour. It may take you 30 mins on the rack. But you have to rack the car, un rack it, test drive it when finished.

I'll WAG a guess at 3-4 hours with diagnostic. So about $255 to $340

If the part cost you $100, the shop will have to charge 2 times of what they buy it for. So $200 or less for the part. Then you have what 5 quarts of ATF-4 at about $9/qt to the customer. And what $50-70 to the customer for filter and gasket depending if its the good plastic metal core mopar gasket. So I see $300 at least in parts.

So I am totally WAG on this but I see $550-$650 mininum. $1100 is probably too much, but there is not itemization shown here to go with that estimate. IMHO, tranny shops are notorious on thier pricing structures compared to general repair.

But I can't see this as a $200 job from a typical professional shop.